So here...

The place to be !

Tribute, speech & smartphone.
Even posthumous tributes aren't what they used to be.
Mandela is dead, respect too.

In unlikely event you are not aware, Nelson Mandela is dead.
If you do not know is that you're either dead or you live at the bottom of a cave and you are cut of "civilization". Indeed,
the global media hype in full swing since the death of former South African president.
Obviously, the man deserves the tribute that his people makes him. Although he was not perfect (but who can argue ?), it's clear that
it must be considered a good man.

Besides the popular tribute (although probably a bit orchestrated), there is also another "tribute". Or recuperation.
Or opportunism. Or thirst for recognition. Or to pass the time...
The politic-popular-religious ceremonyNote which was held at FNB Stadium
in Johannesburg was the event not to be missed for the world gratin. Be associated with the memory of Mandela is and will in the
coming years, very fashionable.
Spend on food and empty rhetoric ("the big man", "the hero", "the peacemaker of South Africa", "a great loss to humanity", etc.).
Invariably, they are found in every funeral, just change the name of the deceased and voila.
By cons, as the event took place in a football stadium, once said speech with a grave and saddened tone is over, the party can begin
in the stands. Obama's example is particularly telling in this regard. The disadvantage of the funeral in a place of worship is that
you keep a straight circumstance throughout the ceremony, not in a stadium.

As a reminder, this is this guy who died.
This is not Paul Walker or Morgan Freeman.

Personally, I wonder if Mandela or his family would have wanted such a joke.
Forgotten dignity, respect and reverence... My feeling about this media orgy is that all these people (the vast majority)
will say "I was there" and that's all that matters.
Finally, the ceremony was a reflection of today's society : know how to seem.